Bill barring tolls on Brent Spence Bridge passes Kentucky House

10:38 PM,
Mar. 17, 2014

The Brent Spence Bridge connects Cincinnati with Northern Kentucky.

Written by

Scott Wartman
The Cincinnati Enquirer

If private money pays for any government projects in Kentucky, it won't be through tolls on the Brent Spence Bridge, according to a version of a bill that passed the Kentucky House on Monday.

The House voted 82-7 to pass a bill allowing private financing of public projects - but prohibiting tolls on any federal interstate between Ohio and Kentucky.

That prohibition came from an amendment added by state Rep. Arnold Simpson, D-Covington, to prevent the Brent Spence Bridge from being tolled to pay for the $3.5 billion replacement and renovation project. ...